Month: May 2013

Secret Daughter (William Morrow, 2010) is a book about adoption, cross-cultural marriage, and familial rifts. The "daughter" of the title is Asha, a baby girl born into an India where high dowry prices mean daughters are undesirable. Her father wishes to get rid of the baby girl, as he did with the daughter born previously.… Continue reading Book Review – Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda→

If last weekend was quiet and reflective, this weekend was loud, busy, and fast. Friday was a blur of work to ferry to Skytrain to... 25,000 people packed into Holland Park in Surrey to see Mumford & Sons. It was pretty fun to be one of them. (I'd like to point out that 25,000 is… Continue reading Whirlwind Weekend→

Quiet long weekend around here. Peter was out of town. Fortunately, I had a small, furry friend to keep me company. While we might not be grown-up enough to have our own dog yet, we are happy to dog-sit for friends. Sunday morning, with the dog, I finally took to the woods nearby and explored… Continue reading Sunday Paths→

Do you like to complain about politics? Do you like to talk about the lies and disappointments brought on by our politicians? Do you live in British Columbia? Then you need to vote today. (If you are allowed to do so, obviously.) If you vote, you can complain about how the winning party - who… Continue reading A Message to B.C. Voters→

A day off and a sunny afternoon. Sitting on my deck, plus 20 degree weather, a yummy berry smoothie. It occurred to me that Gabriel Garcia Marquez' News of a Kidnapping was kind of a dark read on such a beautiful day. Not that anyone should be surprised that a true story of kidnappings in… Continue reading Why I Hate “Beach Reads”→

Primarily, when I think of G. K. Chesterton, I think of Orthodoxy. Then I remember that he also wrote the Father Brown mystery stories. After reading The Man Who Was Thursday I find myself in the unusual position of agreeing with Chesterton in the non-fiction world far more than I do in the fictive. This… Continue reading Book Review – The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton→

If you don't like pictures of an adorable puppy, you won't like this post. This weekend we got to hang out with Bella. Every time she heard the click of my camera she would have to come over to investigate. This picture makes me laugh. She can get a pretty good "crazy eye" at times.